Let's wrap-up the show by telling you about the upcoming Embassies Business Fair & Conference which returns for its 3rd Annual Edition from the 8th to the 9th of September later this year in Pretoria.

Organizers say that it returns with a renewed focus on helping businesses access buyers, investors, global distribution platforms and international market opportunities. They go on to say that the 2026 edition is being positioned around practical trade outcomes, including SMME placement, embassy-led business exchange, investor engagement, business pitching and import-export market pathways under the theme "Direct Business Exchange Amongst Embassies:

To tell us more, Thami Ngubeni spoke to Muziwethu Mathema - Chief Economist at the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency.